Tuolumne County Citizens for Responsible Growth, Inc. v. City of Sonora
California Court of Appeal
[CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAWSON, J.
This appeal concerns a proposal to construct a home improvement center in the City of Sonora. A local citizens’ organization challenged the approval of the project and the adoption of a mitigated negative declaration by alleging violations of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 1 and local ordinances. The superior court denied the organization’s petition for a writ of mandate.
The organization appealed, arguing that the whole of the action constituting a single CEQA project was segmented when the realignment of an adjacent road was not treated as part of the home…
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